Pacelle
took office June 1, 2004 after serving for nearly 10 years as the
organization's chief lobbyist and spokesperson. As president and CEO of The
Humane Society of the United States, Wayne Pacelle leads the nation’s largest
animal protection organization – one of the 100 largest charities in the United
States, according to Forbes Magazine. During his tenure, Pacelle has more than
doubled the size of the organization, and its impact is felt throughout the
United States and increasingly throughout the world.

The HSUS is the largest
provider of direct care services to animals, and it works to shape public and
corporate policies in the realm of companion animals, farm animals, horses,
wildlife, and animals used in testing and research. In the last 9 years, he and
HSUS have helped to pass more than 725 new state laws for animals and worked
with dozens of major food retailers to provide markets for more humanely
produced animal products. Pacelle is the author of the New York Times
bestseller The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them. His
work on animal issues has been featured in thousands of newspapers and
magazines across the country. He received his B.A. in history and studies in
the environment from Yale University in 1987.

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The Bond: Our Kinship with Animals, Our Call to Defend Them

A fascinating exploration of humanity's eternal bond with animals, and an urgent call to answer the needs of millions of at-risk creatures.

A landmark work, The Bond is the passionate, insightful, and comprehensive examination of our special connection to all creatures, written by one of America's most important champions of animal welfare. Wayne Pacelle, the president of the Humane Society of the United States, unveils the deep links of the human-animal bond, as well as the conflicting impulses that have led us to betray this bond through widespread and systemic cruelty to animals.

“If the animals knew about this book they would, without doubt, confer on Wayne Pacelle, their highest honor.”—Jane Goodall

“The Bond is the best overall book on animals I have ever read. Brilliant and moving.”—John Mackey, CEO and Co-founder of Whole Foods Market

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2014 Healthy Farms Conference Keynote

Pacelle will discuss why it’s critical that family
farmers and animal advocates unite to take back our food system from people who
have little regard for animals, family farmers, and rural communities.
American consumers and corporate farmers have become too disassociated from the
way animals are treated, resulting in a wide array of abuses and a dissolution
in American family agriculture.

Consumers increasingly want
options. They want to know their farmers, they want to know how animals
are treated, and they want more transparency in the process. With more
farmers on the land, we can help put an end to the disastrous 50-year
experiment with factory farming and restore a conscious awareness of humane,
responsible, and sustainable food production in the United States.